Hooking a local tarpon or barracuda can certainly add an unexpectedly powerful element of propulsion.
Even the US space shuttle discards propulsion elements as it climbs into the sky.
The GM designed oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor is the heart of the Spark EV's propulsion system.
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One fuel-cell factory, however, could make propulsion systems for every size and shape of vehicle.
Nasa will be monitoring the drama from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
It somehow converts every erg of energy from my legs into straight ahead propulsion.
Mr. Marchionne held up hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion as an example of faddish technology that proved impractical.
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Today, this quiet corner of England is developing propulsion systems for important spacecraft like Juno.
We have to work on everything - on propulsion, on structures, on avionics, on cabling.
But this capsule will need a propulsion unit to guide its path across space.
Liquified natural gas will increasingly be used for long-haul truck, train and ship propulsion.
An important goal during these early weeks will be to test two innovative propulsion systems.
Other launch techniques have been suggested, including electrical propulsion, laser propulsion and even magnets.
Most uranium mined from WWII until roughly 1970 was driven by military propulsion, weapons and stockpiles.
Across the table was a scientist working on rocket propulsion at (I believe) Marshall Space Center.
If Innodyn succeeds, remote power sources and small-aircraft propulsion may never be the same.
One of the most difficult tasks when developing these nanobots is creating and maintaining propulsion.
Propulsion was restored the next day and the vessel limped into Sandakan in Malaysia.
The carrier, minus planes, ammunition and a propulsion system, heads to Puget Sound, the long way.
Unfortunately, the easiest way to make a more efficient engine, nuclear-electric propulsion, is controversial.
Eventually, the X-51's hypersonic propulsion technology may be applied to civil aviation as well.
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The ATV has two major divisions - a pressurised payload unit, and an avionics and propulsion unit.
Immelt calculates GE eventually could get up to 10 cents of every dollar spent on electric propulsion.
Most ideas include attaching a propulsion module to a redundant body, perhaps via a hook or robotic clamp.
It was overhauled last summer, when its original, water-jet propulsion engines were replaced with two inboard propeller engines.
Here, the primary means of propulsion is a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine that nets a modest 275 horsepower.
To further enhance propulsion and reduce CO2 emissions, the ships will feature positioning fins forward of the propellers.
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Considered an entirely new class of vessel, it would rely on superconducting machinery for propulsion and power generation.
For more live updates, including photos and footage from Mars, visit the Jet Propulsion Lab at CalTech.
The mission control in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory burst into cheers as the rover touched down Monday morning.
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